Overview

• A Guardia Civil UCO report has implicated former PSOE secretaries Santos Cerdán and José Luis Ábalos in an alleged kickback scheme on public contracts.
• Sumar and ERC have pledged to sustain Sánchez’s government and reject calls for his resignation to avoid a potentially damaging early election.
• Spain secured a NATO agreement allowing it to cap defense spending at 2.1% of GDP, diverging from the alliance’s 5% trajectory for other members.
• The State–Generalitat bilateral commission will meet on July 14 in Barcelona to formalize the bespoke Catalan funding model agreed in last year’s investiture deal.
• Under the proposed framework, the Generalitat will assume full collection of personal income tax in Catalonia beginning in 2026.